Beyond the grid: AI inventors target Excel’s formula
For 40 years, Excel has seen off every challenger. Now AI innovators think they may finally have the recipe that can break Microsoft's spreadsheet dominance.
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PwC scandal shows consultants, like church officials, are best kept out of state affairs
PwC scandal shows consultants, like church officials, are best kept out of state affairs
PwC Australia’s chief executive Tom Seymour and two other board members, Pete Calleja and Sean Gregory, last week finally resigned their...
Iris: A dating simulator who just wants to do your taxes
Iris: A dating simulator who just wants to do your taxes
Lodging taxes is one of those tasks that most people try to avoid until the last minute,but what if taxes could be fun and engaging – even...
Q&A: One lesson I’ve learnt – Matt Connor
Q&A: One lesson I’ve learnt – Matt Connor
Q: Before becoming an accountant, you worked in hospitality. How do the skills you developed in that line of work benefit you now? I spent many...
How to help small businesses switch to e-invoicing
How to help small businesses switch to e-invoicing
At a glance: Encouraging incremental innovation through user-friendly technologies including e-invoicing can lead to significant productivity...
After the avalanche: The future of the Big Four
After the avalanche: The future of the Big Four
Perhaps with unexpected foresight, EY’s project was named ‘Everest’, for the once-unclimbable Himalayan mountain. It was EY’s plan to split the...
Q&A: One lesson I’ve learnt – Tahera Nassrat
Q&A: One lesson I’ve learnt – Tahera Nassrat
Q: What motivated you to become an accountant? When I was at school I always enjoyed studying subjects that were practical and allowed me to get...
Q&A: One lesson I’ve learnt – Maria Theresa Viney
Q&A: One lesson I’ve learnt – Maria Theresa Viney
Q: Before moving to Kin Kin, Queensland, in 1991, you lived in Manila with your husband and two daughters. A remote farm in Queensland is quite...
IPA’s pre-Budget submission focuses on the benefits of innovation policy
IPA’s pre-Budget submission focuses on the benefits of innovation policy
Key points: The IPA’s Advocacy and Policy team lodged the IPA’s pre-Budget submission with the Federal Treasury in January. While many...
Treasurer Chalmers has a $70 billion a year budget hole: we’ve found 13 ways to fill it
Treasurer Chalmers has a $70 billion a year budget hole: we’ve found 13 ways to fill it
The sooner we do, the sooner we will be well-placed to respond to future economic shocks and avoid pushing costs onto future generations. We were...
Inheritance taxes, resource taxes and an attack on negative gearing: how top economists would raise $20 billion per year
Inheritance taxes, resource taxes and an attack on negative gearing: how top economists would raise $20 billion per year
The 59 leading economists surveyed by The Conversation and the Economic Society of Australia were asked to pick from a list of 13 options (many...
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